label and fadelabel do not display text if centered (1 Viewer)

[gamejester]

If you use a fadelabel or a label and set the width smaller than the size of the text to display then it is blank if you set allignment to center; but if you use left or right the text appears and is correctly truncated.

Example sking file, I used it myVideos section but assume the bug exists in any screen.

<control>
<description>Selected item Label</description>
<type>fadelabel</type>
<id>51</id>
<animation effect="fade" time="400">WindowClose</animation>
<animation effect="fade" time="400">WindowOpen</animation>
<posX>40</posX>
<posY>132</posY>
<width>260</width>
<label>this is a really longgggggggggggg label so there it is you inow</label>
<font>font18</font>
<align>center</align>
<textcolor>ffffffff</textcolor>
</control>


<control>
<description>Selected item Label</description>
<type>fadelabel</type>
<id>51</id>
<animation effect="fade" time="400">WindowClose</animation>
<animation effect="fade" time="400">WindowOpen</animation>
<posX>40</posX>
<posY>172</posY>
<width>260</width>
<label>this is a really longgggggggggggg label so there it is you inow</label>
<font>font18</font>
<align>left</align>
<textcolor>ffffffff</textcolor>
</control>

 

[Darre]

I guess this is down the same street;

If you set a fadelabel closer to the left edge of the screen then <posX>20</posX>, It gets invisible in short glimts. Doesnt look good at all.
You can test this with for example the rss ticker plugin by moving the rss feed towards the left.

Hope its ok I posted this in the same thread.

 

[2BitSculptor]

I had the issue with the centered fadelabel being longer than the box width. The text would flicker and pause frequently, then scroll, but only displaying the lower half of the text.

I think I suggested maybe to auto align-left any text that was longer than the box. It was a few weeks ago.

Chuck